Wringer spacer



y 23, 1953 H. JEROME 2,646,675

WRINGER SPACER Filed April 5, 1950 IN VEN TOR. flafiry Jerame ATT'DRNEYE Patented July 28, 1953 WRINGER SPACER,

Henry Jerome, Walsenburg, 0010., assignor by decree of distribution toHelen Jerome Application April 5, 1950, Serial No. 154,046

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a clothes wringer, and more particularly to aspacer member to be inserted between a pair of rotary rollers of aclothes wringer.

The object of the invention is to provide a spacer member which isadapted to be interposed between a pair of rotary resilient rollers of aclothes wringer after the housewife has finished washing clothes, so asto maintain the rollers separated from each other, thus preventing therollers from adhering to each other.

Another object of the invention is to provide a spacer member forinsertion between a pair of coacting rollers of a clothes wringer afterthe clothes have been washed, whereby the rollers will be prevented fromsticking together.

A further object of the invention is to provide a spacer member forclothes wringers which is extremely simple and inexpensive tomanufacture.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of thefollowing description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, inwhich like numerals are used to designate like parts throughout thesame:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the spacer member of the presentinvention shown inserted between a pair of clothes wringer rollers, therollers being shown in broken lines;

Figure 2 is an enlarged perspective of the spacer member of the presentinvention.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the numerals l and H designate apair of conventional rotary resilient rollers which form part of aclothes wringing mechanism that may be part of a conventional washingmachine. The rollers l0 and It may be spring mounted, so that slightmovement of the rollers and II toward and away from each other can beaccomplished.

The present invention is directed to a wedgeshaped spacer member l2which is substantially triangular in cross section and is adapted to beinserted or positioned between the coacting rollers 10 and II of theclothes wringer, so as to maintain the rollers I0 and H separated fromeach other in order to prevent the rollers from sticking together afterthe clothes have been washed. Thus, after the housewife finishes washingclothes, the spacer member 12 is inserted between the rollers Ill andII, a shown in Figure 1, so that these rollers will be prevented fromsticking together.

The spacer member l2 of the present invention may be fabricated of anysuitable material, such as plastic, and includes a body member M whichhas a substantially wedge shape. The spacer member [2 has its front endshaped to define a tapered or pointed end l5, while the rear end of thebody member I4 is wide, and this wide portion is designated by thenumeral [6.

One side of the body member I4 is provided with an arcuate or curved,longitudinally extending recess or cutout l'l, while the other side ofthe body member I4 is provided with a similar longitudinally extendingarcuate recess l8. The recesses I1 and I8 are of unequal contour andprovide an enlarged longitudinal edge and a foreshortened longitudinaledge. These recesses H and I8 are adapted to receive therein or beengaged by opposed portions of the rollers Ill and H when the spacermember I2 is being used.

Projecting rearwardly from the wide portion it of the body member [4 andsecured thereto adjacent to the foreshortened longitudinal edge is ahandle IS. The handle I9 is adapted to be gripped by the users hand soas to facilitate placement of the spacer member l2 between the rollersI0 and H, to facilitate removal of the spacer member from between therollers.

From the foregoing, it is apparent that a spacer member has beenprovided which, when inserted or positioned between a pair of rollers i0and H of a conventional clothes wringer mechanism, will cause therollers l0 and ll to remain separated so that these rollers will notstick together. Thus, after the housewife has finished washing clothes,tension on the rollers l0 and il may be released and the spacer memberl2 inserted between these rollers. The arouate recesses ll and I8 snuglyreceive the rollers so as to prevent the spacer member I2 fromaccidentally being dislodged from between the rollers. When thehousewife desires to use the rollers Id and l I for washing or wringingclothes, the spacer member 12 is, of course, removed so as to permitnormal use of the rollers l0 and H. The size of the spacer member I2 canbe varied as desired, depending upon the size of the rollers of theclothes wringer.

I claim:

As a new article of manufacture, a spacer member for insertion between apair of rollers of a clothes wringer, comprising a wedge-shaped bodymember which is substantially triangular in cross section, the front endof said body member being pointed and the rear end thereof being wide,there being a longitudinally extending arcuate recess arranged in eachside of said body member for receiving therein portions of said rollers,said recesses being of unequal contour providing an enlargedlongitudinal edge and a foreshortened longitudinal edge and a handleprojecting from the wide rear end of said body member and securedthereto adjacent to the foreshortened longitudinal edge.

HENRY JEROME.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS NumberName Date 413A89 Brooks Oct. 22, 1889 466,104 Naegele Dec. 29, 1891816,824 Scholl Apr. 3, 1906 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 7,389Great Britain of 1895 27,485 Great Britain of 1896

